Tale From The Afterlife - a Helluva Boss Fan Story

Chapter 17. Nocturnal Intrigue

Mission Objective: Get to the balcony of the castle
Obstacle: Security is swarming pretty much every corner
Reason: A party of some kind taking place in the back garden
Entry Point: back garden
Equipment: Flintlock pistol, Tranq gun, handful of pellets for the Tranq gun, Heavy Book
Go Time: Now

Blitz just ties the book on his tail so that his hands are more free and then just heads to the back garden. The reason for choosing the back garden over the main entrance or say scaling up the castle walls is because the main entrance is surrounded by both a gate and it has snipers up in high towers watching over most of the perimeter. The snipers from the watchtowers are also why he doesn't just start scaling the castle walls from the start, as they'll spot and shoot him. It just so happens that the back garden is their blind spot.

Also while it's swarming with security, the garden has a ton of hiding places like the bushes, little stone walls and the river that's flowing through. And while there are goetias present, he can use the rich pricks as a distraction, as he pretty much knows for a fact that most of the people present would cause drama at even the slightest inconvenience. The imp has seen this stuff go down during his previous visits.

Blitz is at the entrance to the back garden, which is surrounded by a waist-high stone wall that he could easily jump over. However the problem wasn't that, it's wondering where to hide as now there is much more security than before. It's as if for every Ars Goetia royalty, there were 2 imp or hellhound guards. Main issue was the hellhounds as they could sniff him out. That pretty much leaves only one option - hiding in the flower bushes as the flowers could mask his scent. That in-an-of itself hides another problem - all the flower bushes are way too far away from the entrance to the castle. The big distraction now jumped up in importance from optional to mandatory, the IMP leader just has to figure out what could be big enough.

As the imp was about to jump over the waist high wall, he sees a guard imp approaching. Child's play. Blitz waits until the guard is right above him and, as the guard is about to look down, the intruder grabs him, quickly covering the guard's mouth so that he wouldn't scream and quickly snaps his neck. The imp quickly gets the corpse out of sight and quickly shoves him into a nearby bush outside the stone wall. As the intruder loots the body, he finds the guard's own handgun, some mags and also 2 flashbangs. Blitz of course takes the flashbangs as, while he hates the non-lethal approach, he didn't really want to make enemies of demon royalty. As of the imp guards and hellhounds - they were replaceable to the Goetias, things they couldn't give a rat's arse about. This was pretty much a reality that Blitz gets slapped with on the daily.

As Blitz was slowly making his way through the large amount of flower and wild berry bushes, making sure to not get the attention of anyone, especially the rich cunts. While many might be harmless, others have magical abilities and the intruder imp wasn't sure who had them and who hadn't. After a bit, he was finally close to the entrance to the castle, but the distance from his hiding spot and the castle entrance was quite far. The imp had to sprint his way inside, but the mandatory distraction doesn't seem to have arrived just yet. For now, he was essentially stuck and, as if the situation wasn't peachy enough, two hellhounds were closing in on his location. This was bad, as he couldn't take the dogs out in close quarters as they would've essentially found him out before getting anywhere near the intruder's hiding spot.

Blitz knew they would most likely jail him or kill him, since he didn't recognize his owl man amongst the formally dressed and vibrant-looking royal birds. Blitz was pretty much about to use up one of the flashbangs that he got from the knocked out imp, however just then someone starts tapping on a wine glass with a fork, demanding everyone's attention. Of course. Alright, attention averted off him, it's now or never. The intruder just starts sneaking out of the bush towards the entrance, making sure he isn't spotted by any of the guests. Just then the entrance to the castle swings wide open as the staff are going out with more alcoholic drinks and also professionally-made sweets. The imp seizes the opportunity and just sneaks into the entrance to the castle. From then on it was pretty much easy street as the stealthy imp knew his way around the castle.

Meanwhile on the second floor, in a bedroom, overlooking the back garden festivities is Stolas, a royal demon in the form of a horned owl. The man has a mix of black and dark gray feathers on his head and along his back and tail. His face and front half appear white, however from certain angles and in accordance with the light source, this white can easily be mistaken for a very light silver or gray. The man also appears to have a very pronounced bottom and long legs that end in 3 inch long talons, which are as strong as a vice and as sharp as daggers. Something that distinguishes the owl man from the animal he's taken the shape from is that his eyes are completely black with white irises.

If the owl demon is summoned in the mortal world for one reason or another, he is known to take the form of either a black raven with dark gray feathers or a caucasian human man with dark and gray hair and black eyes. The gray parts of his feathered body are likely from either his duties or his family life. His life duties entail studying the stars and the prophecies tied to them. While that might be a gross oversimplification, the anthropomorphic owl demon often grapples with topics and ideas that would've made anyone from the living world go completely insane. His family life entails that he has to raise a precautionary heir, as the tasks he has to do are of vital importance and since he is a part of the Ars Goetia, there are people after his head. An additional headache that he's caused himself is that his only child is his daughter Octavia. That is an issue, because he is expected to have a male heir and since having another child isn't in the books for the foreseeable ... lifetime, has led to many of the other royal birds to gossip behind Stolas and his wife's backs.

The gossip hasn't really gotten to the owl, because on most days, he would pretty much lock himself in his study and just observe space, constantly learning and gathering information. The only things that take him out of this sanity-draining work are his daughter, his plants and of course his special little imp, Blitz. The interesting detail about the two's engagement is that the owl doesn't even really need the grimoire anymore as he has pretty much memorized its spells by heart at this point. He just really enjoyed the company Blitz provided.

And, speaking of the devil, Blitz has finally arrived in Stolas' bedroom, dressed in the all black attire from Vergil's first hit, only without the ears as they were pretty much good for nothing at this point. It appears that when Blitz was sneaking around in the back garden, he picked out a variety of some pretty colorful and pleasant-smelling flowers on the way.

Stolas was moved by such a gesture as then the owl uses his telekinesis to bring a vase from somewhere else within the castle, as the pottery just floats through the bedroom door and onto the bed's nightstand.

Stolas: You didn't have to Blitzy.~

Stolas: Just your company was enough.~

Blitz just gives Stolas back a smirk as he puts the flowers in the vase and just takes off the trench coat, tossing it onto the chair Stolas was sitting on. This turns on Stolas a fair bit as the discarded garment is pretty much coated in the imp's scent.

Blitz: Oh I know your owl booty too well, consider it a bonus.. Plus they were just lying around, why have them to go to waste at the royal circle jerking they got going outside.

And when saying "circle jerking", Blitz does a jacking off motion with his hand, to which Stolas reacts by blushing madly. After that, Stolas decides to play off of Blitz's teasing with teasing of his own.

Stolas: You're spoiling me, my dear.~

Blitz: Don't get used to it. It's a one-time thing.

Stolas: Not unlike the cream-filling I'm about to receive, I presume.~

Blitz doesn't really react much on the outside, but on the inside he's dying of laughter. Blitz then slowly takes off the shirt, as if he's trying to strip tease the royal bird. This was a change of pace that the royal owl didn't expect, as when the imp tosses away the shirt to reveal his naked torso, Stolas' heart starts racing. But Stolas catches on to the game plan.

Stolas: Aww, you want to rile me up to the max, how ... unf ... adorable.~

Blitz: But is it working though?

Blitz says with a smirk. And in the next second, the imp finds himself pinned under Stolas, their gazes meeting each other. They lie in this position for a few seconds and the intruder can see that the prince is pretty much craving to be ravaged.

Blitz: I'll take it as a yes then.

Stolas: More potent than viagra, sweetie ~

As then the two lovebirds start making out with each other for a few seconds, with Stolas taking advantage of his telekinesis once again to remove Blitz's pants. Then Blitz pins down the black and gray owl, giving him quite the eyefull. To add onto the teasing, Blitz just gives Stolas a nice long lick up the owl's pretty long neck, which makes the owl's feathers fluff up a lot.

Stolas: You are getting better at this, my little imp.~

Stolas: And here I thought you would rather skip the foreplay.

Blitz: I would, but seeing your flustered face just makes it all worth the effort.

Stolas: Darling, I must say, you've turned my quiet evening into quite the spectacle.

Blitz: What can I say? I aim to please. And speaking of aim.~

Blitz playfully nudged Stolas, shifting their focus from teasing banter to more intimate matters. The owl smirked, fully aware of the imp's intentions.

Stolas: Patience, my dear Blitzy. We have the entire night... and the next day.

That news pretty much came as a shocker to the imp, though now the overabundance of food and drink he saw when sneaking started to make wayyyy more sense than before

Blitz: Heh, didn't know the whole shebang lasted that long.

Stolas: Oh yes, a grand affair at that. It's a celebration that spills well into the following day. The other goetias truly know how to revel.

Blitz: Well, in that case, the longer I stay here, the less I have to listen to the squawking and blathering of those feathered morons.

As the imp then looks out the window into the outside

Blitz: Plus, not like the pricks outside can appreciate real beauty.

Blitz pauses himself for a second and blushes deeply as that part wasn't meant to be said outloud. Stolas, not wanting to embarrass the imp decides to play deaf for once and let that last sentence slide, even though the sentence warmed the owl's heart tremendously.

Stolas: I assure you, my dear imp, you won't hear a single squawk. Only the sweet sounds of our little private soiree.

Blitz and Stolas share a laugh together as the royal owl then uses his telekinesis one last time to lock the door so that no one will disturb them and also closes the curtains to the balcony to set the mood. With the 'decor' set, the imp pins down his boyfriend, smiling devilishly, with his eyes giving off a glow that's bordering between a lighter red or a darker pink. Stolas sure knew he was in for a really good time

The mating session between the two started at about noon and it's currently midnight, as the two have pretty much been going at it for about 12 hours. It would be an insane session for anyone ... but for Blitz, it was the usual. Thankfully the two were mindful with breaks so that neither of the two expired from either hunger or dehydration. At the end, Stolas is pretty much sleeping like a log, not moving a muscle, while Blitz was looking at the sleeping beauty next to him ... with a tender smile. The imp was unsure why, but these quiet moments, after what felt like the mating sessions of a lifetime, to him were irreplaceable. As the intruder was weighing his options on whether to go with his gut and get out or listen to his heart and stay a little bit longer, he noticed something. He does indeed not think about his torturous memories when he's doing the deed with his boyfriend prince. The imp didn't really notice it before as he usually was more concentrated on doing the deed and dashing out the door. But now, too tired for a gun-ho approach and not wanting to bother with more guards when sneaking out, he appreciated the security that he felt at the moment. The final decision was made - he crawls back into Stolas' arms and just falls asleep.